Ga masana'antar yawon buɗe ido, 2026 ya kasance shekara mai wahala, inda yaƙi, jinkirin shiga EU, matsalolin yanayi, da matsalolin tattalin arziki duk suka yi tasiri a kan shirye-shiryen hutu. Amma yayin da yawancin Biritaniya ke ganin ƙarancin baƙi daga Gabas ta Tsakiya da sauran yankuna, wani yanki yana samun nasara.
Scotland tana jan hankalin baƙi da yawa, tare da haɓaka mai ƙarfi a kowace shekara da kuma haɓakar 15% a cikin ajiyar jiragen sama zuwa filayen jirgin sama na Scotland don Yuni da Yuli, idan aka kwatanta da raguwar ajiyar zuwa London da sauran Ingila a cikin 'yan watannin nan, bisa ga kididdigar VisitBritain.
Tare da zafin rana da ya mamaye yawancin Turai, sha'awar yanayi mai sanyi a arewa mai nisa na iya ƙara jawo hankalin Scotland—ko da yake jami'an yawon buɗe ido sun ce mayaƙan Highland masu ƙarfin hali da magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa masu sanye da kilt na iya zama dalilin hakan.
Shirye-shiryen dogon lokaci na ƙara yawan jiragen kai tsaye daga Arewacin Amirka sun sami sakamako a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, suna ƙarfafa tushen baƙi na ƙasashen waje wanda Amurka ke jagoranta.
Haɓakar baƙi daga nahiyar Turai, waɗanda wataƙila suna neman tserewa zafin rana, ya ƙara wa wannan haɗin. Kuma ƙarin Biritaniya sun zaɓi yin hutu a gida maimakon fuskantar rikice-rikicen shiga da jinkiri a ƙarƙashin tsarin shiga-fita na EU.
A Edinburgh, inda Agusta ya daɗe yana mafi yawan lokutan shekara, titin Princes ya kasance musamman cunkoso da yawon buɗe ido a wannan makon, sun taru a kusa da masu busa buta kuma masu tallata bikin fringe masu farin ciki suna ba su takardu.
Tallace-tallacen bikin ya haɓaka da 30%, in ji Marc Crothall, babban jami'in zartarwa na Ƙungiyar Yawon Buɗe Ido ta Scotland. "Edinburgh tana cike da kuzari, wannan yana da kyau. Kuma wannan babban abin jan hankali ne ga baƙi na duniya," in ji shi.
Ba kowa ba ne ya zo don babban bikin fasaha na duniya: Zanet Garcia, daga Mexico City kuma a rana ta biyu a ƙasar, ba ta san yana faruwa ba. "Na rikice da duk wannan. Ban taɓa jin labarin fringe ba kuma ban san menene ba," in ji ta da dariya. "Amma kowa ya kasance mai abokantaka sosai."
Garcia ta zaɓi Scotland saboda sha'awarta ga tatsuniyoyin Scotland, wanda littattafai da shirye-shiryen talabijin da suka shahara a Biritaniya suka motsa, kamar Harry Potter da Outlander, kuma ta ziyarci wuraren da ke da alaƙa da su. Ta kuma shaƙu da abubuwan jan hankali na ƙasa, tana zuwa daga Johnnie Walker Experience—"Ban ma sha whisky ba"—kuma tana da tikitin zuwa bikin soja.
Yawancin masu yawon buɗe ido sun fito daga Biritaniya. Amma baƙi na ƙasashen waje masu kashe kuɗi da yawa ne suka fi iya zama na dogon lokaci, su ziyarci wuraren jan hankali, kuma su cika da abubuwan shaƙatawa. Matsakaicin baƙi na ƙasashen waje zuwa Scotland ya kashe sama da £900 a mako guda a 2024, idan aka kwatanta da sama da £300 na dare uku ga ɗan Biritaniya mai hutu.
Bisa ga bayanai daga Cibiyar Moffat don tafiye-tafiye da yawon buɗe ido a Jami'ar Glasgow Caledonian, babban tsalle a wannan shekara shine baƙi da ke zagayawa da motocin kamper maimakon zama a otal.
Lambobin suna haɓaka, amma kashe kuɗin kowane mutum yana raguwa, in ji Crothall, yana kwatanta yanayin gaba ɗaya a matsayin "lafiya amma ba haɓaka ba."
Dan Biritaniya mai hutu ya fi iya, in ji shi, neman ziyarar gidajen tarihi kyauta da tafiya a cikin ƙasa, tare da tsadar rayuwa har yanzu babbar matsala. "Maimakon abinci mai nau'i uku, sai nau'i ɗaya. VAT na 5% da tafiye-tafiye kyauta suna taimakawa, amma ba sihiri ba ne," in ji Crothall.
Ko da yake Scotland tana da nata zafin rana da gobarar daji mai lalacewa a Cairngorms, tana nan cikin sanyi fiye da kudancin Biritaniya. "Muna fata kuma muna zargin cewa za mu ga ƙarin baƙi na Turai idan aka yi la'akari da yanayin," in ji Crothall.
Bayanan da suka tabbatar da alaƙar zafin rana da canjin halayen yawon buɗe ido ba su isa ba tukuna. Vicki Miller, babbar jami'ar zartarwa ta VisitScotland, ta ce, "Amma tabbas mun ga ƙaƙƙarfan buƙata a wannan shekara daga Turai, ciki har da Spain da Italiya, wanda zai iya kasancewa da alaƙa da yanayi." Ta ƙara da cewa binciken ya nuna yadda yawancin ziyarce-ziyarcen, kamar na Garcia, ke faruwa ne saboda abin da mutane suka gani a allo. Binciken kan layi ya ƙaru sosai bayan shirin talabijin na gaskiya The Traitors ya zama sananne, ko da yake Ardross Castle—babban wurin yin fim na nau'ikan Biritaniya da Amurka—ba ya buɗe wa jama'a. Castles da ke cikin Outlander, wanda ya daɗe yana shahara a Amurka da wasu sassan Turai, suma sun zama manyan wuraren jan hankali.
Miller ta lura, "Mun san cewa 36%-37% na baƙi na ƙasashen waje suna samun ilham daga fim ko talabijin. Kuma tunanin mutane yana da tsawo: suna tunawa da Braveheart ko Local Hero ma." Wasanni kuma sun jawo baƙi, daga wasannin Commonwealth na bana a Glasgow zuwa manyan gasar golf, tare da kyakkyawar kulawa daga magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa na Scotland da ke tafiya ƙasashen waje. Sha'awa daga Jamus ta ƙaru bayan ta karbi bakuncin Euro 2024, inda aka zaɓi Tartan Army a matsayin mafi kyawun magoya baya a gasar. Miller ta bayyana su a matsayin haɗin "abokantaka, barkwanci, da gudummawa ga ƙungiyoyin agaji na gida—suna jan zukata, sun kasance jakadu masu ban mamaki."
A gasar cin kofin duniya ta bana, lokacin da Scotland ta buga wasa a Amurka, VisitScotland "ta yi wa Boston fentin tartan" don cin gajiyar wannan lokacin, wanda ya ninka binciken kan layi na gida don hutu a Scotland. Yayin da Scotland ke neman haɓaka na dogon lokaci ta hanyar dabarun kamar ƙara jiragen kai tsaye—kujeru 100,000 ƙarin a kowace shekara daga Amurka kaɗai—da kuma tallata ziyarce-ziyarcen na tsawon shekara, da yawa har yanzu suna jin matsin ƙarancin kuɗi.
A kan titunan Edinburgh, Dexter, jagoran yawon buɗe ido na Edinburgh Bus Tours wanda asalinsa daga Nevada, ya nuna rashin jin daɗi. "Na yi shekara bakwai a nan kuma taron yana raguwa. Alkyabba sun ɓace, sosai. Na kasance ina iya tafiya hutu da alkyabbata kawai, yanzu ba haka ba," in ji shi. Ya ambaci cewa harajin yawon buɗe ido—kashi 5% na kuɗin da ake ɗauka a kan masaukin Edinburgh wanda aka fara a Yuli—"ya yi rauni," yana ƙara wa matsin tsadar rayuwa: "Mutane ba su da kuɗi."
Leon Thompson, daraktan zartarwa na ƙungiyar kasuwanci UKHospitality Scotland, ya yarda. "Mutane suna cikin matsalar tsadar rayuwa kuma wannan ƙalubale ne," in ji shi. Thompson ya ƙara da cewa kasuwanci suna jin tasirin ƙimar kasuwanci, gudummawar inshora na ƙasa, da VAT, kuma suna jira cikin damuwa don ganin ko sauran hukumomin Scotland za su bi Edinburgh wajen gabatar da harajin yawon buɗe ido. "Scotland koyaushe za ta kasance sanannen wuri, amma ba za mu iya yin sakaci ba. Ba za mu iya ƙyale a sanya mana farashi da ya fi karfinmu a kasuwar baƙi ta duniya ba," ya yi gargaɗi.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa bisa ga taken labarin da jigon, wanda ya rufe komai daga mahimman abubuwa zuwa shawarwari masu amfani na tafiye-tafiye
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Menene labarin ya kunsa
Yana game da Scotland da ke sanya kanta a matsayin wurin hutu mai sanyi a lokacin rani Yayin da Kudancin Turai ke fuskantar matsanancin zafin rana Scotland tana tallata yanayinta mai laushi na ruwan sama da ayyukan waje a matsayin madadin mai daɗi
2 Me ya sa labarin ya ambaci whisky
Taken wasa ne a kan al'adar Scotland ta gargajiya Yana nuna cewa ba lallai ne ka kasance mai shan whisky don jin daɗin Scotland ba babban abin jan hankali a yanzu shine tserewa daga zafin rana mai zafi, ba kawai masana'antun giya ba
3 Shin Scotland da gaske tana da sanyi a lokacin rani
Ba daskarewa ba, amma tabbas tana da sanyi fiye da Kudancin Turai Yanayin zafi na lokacin rani yawanci yana tsakanin 15°C zuwa 20°C Yana da kyau don tafiya da kallon wurare ba tare da gumi ba
4 Wane irin yanayi zan yi tsammani
Yi tsammanin haɗin rana, gajimare, da ruwan sama—sau da yawa a rana ɗaya Maganar "yanayi huɗu a rana ɗaya" daidai ce sosai don haka kana buƙatar shirya don sauye-sauye masu sauri
5 Me ya sa zan je Scotland maimakon Spain ko Italiya
Idan ba ka son matsanancin zafi, Scotland tana ba da yanayi mai daɗi don abubuwan shaƙatawa na waje Kana iya tafiya mai nisa, ziyarci castles, da jin daɗin shimfidar wuri ba tare da haɗarin bugun zafi ko buƙatar ɓoye a ciki a lokacin mafi zafi na rana ba
Tambayoyi na Matsakaici
6 Shin wannan sabon kamfen ne na yawon buɗe ido ko kuma labarin labarai ne kawai
Haɗin duka biyu ne Labarin labarai yana nuna haɓakar al'ada, amma hukumomin yawon buɗe ido suna amfani da wannan ta hanyar tallata hutun sanyi ga matafiya waɗanda suka gaji da zafin rana
7 Menene mafi kyawun ayyuka idan ban damu da whisky ba
Da yawa Kana iya tafiya a Highlands, bincika wuraren tarihi na Edinburgh, ziyarci Isle of Skye, jin daɗin abincin teku na duniya, yin golf, ko ɗaukar jiragen ƙasa masu ban sha'awa kamar Jacobite Steam Train
8 Menene matsalar midge da nake ji akai-akai
Midges ƙananan ƙudaje ne masu cizo waɗanda ke taruwa a Highlands a lokacin bazara musamman da safe da maraice Su ne babban lahani ga
